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Dramatic day on water for Mirsky Racing Team |
Kinley Fowler's report from the Bermuda Gold Cup Day Two.
A dramatic day on the water today saw us finish the day with just one win from three matches, leaving us on three wins and three losses. We had three very close races, and were displaying some spectacular boat handling, but with some umpire calls not going our way it just wasn’t enough to ensure a spot in the top four.
Once again small mistakes mean that we are facing a must win match tomorrow against Areva skipper Sebastian Col who has already qualified into the quarters with four wins under his belt. Although Col is sailing well, today’s matches proved that we are moving in the right direction to make it through to the next round, so we will be able to approach tomorrow’s race with confidence.
Our third match of the day against Johnnie Berntesson from Sweden was an exciting match which saw three penalties given. We lead around the track, but had to clear a penalty after Berntesson had luffed us at the starting line, so slowed down at the final top mark to try and suck him into a trap. We managed to pull the manoeuvre off, wiping our penalty and still maintaining a marginal lead. We then gybed onto starboard and attacked Berntesson again, however during the manoeuvre Torvar slipped and dislocated his knee cap. With nobody steering we rounded up into his stern and were given another penalty. We still had control of Berntesson, but were then given a second penalty after the umpires deemed us to be sailing above our proper course, which allowed him to sail freely to the finish line.
A special thanks to Line7, Harken and the Royal Perth Yacht Club for their support.
MirskyRacingTeam
www.mirskyracingteam.com
by Kinley Fowler - MirskyRacingTeam
10:30 PM Wed 8 Oct 2008 GMT
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